So why wait with runrev. Well because it is nice to use for a beginner like me. I will probably get a studio license only on the hope that scrollbars are implemented natively in windows and not via a group situation. It is not useful for me otherwise.
In all fairness, it depends on what you need. Yes, for interactively creating objects within a group we'll want to see Bugzilla #623 addressed. But for anything using the default browse tool I find groups to be infinitely more flexible than limiting me to always use the entire window for a scrolling region.
And last but not least. I will upgrade because of the list. I will however, be trying realbasic in the next week to assess it. You never know, I may get used to it.
It's been a while since I bothered with BASIC, but last time I looked into it there was no way to create new objects on the fly at runtime. This would not fully preclude the possibility of making a drawing app, but would require a lot more work as you'd be writing everything down to the objects' selection handles yourself (there is not pointer tool).
As for the licensing stuff, I haven't yet read a post from Kevin describing what will happen with license holders for the about-to-be-end-of-lifed Express (did I miss it?).
Because there is nothing in the new product lineup that matches the old Express product, the question is whether those licenses are downgraded to the new DreamCard or upgraded to Studio. Of course a free upgrade to Studio would be heroic of them, but it might still be good if there were an attractively-priced upgrade option to carry Express users forward.
For myself, I'm glad there's now a clearer differentiation between the products. I could never quite remember all of the distinctions among them, and making DreamCard more obviously a hobbyist product helps clarify the product line as a whole.
When comparing prices with other products remember to account for total costs. I'm not familiar enough with either set of packages to make a comparison (I bought a MetaCard license years ago which was only available for $995 and never regetted it), but the issue has come up on other lists and last time I read such a thread Rev's prices were ultimately on par.
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